ASC News

The U.S. Treasury Secretary has warned Americans that another price spike for gasoline is coming this winter, which could cause heating bill costs to rise for homes and businesses, according to a Sept. 16 report from USA Today. 

For ASCs to remain viable and achieve long-term success in this highly competitive environment, they must continuously pursue growth opportunities and improve various aspects of their operations. Two of the foundational pillars for ASC sustainability and growth are staff and…

In recent years, ASCs have been growing in popularity across the United States. These facilities offer increased access and high-quality care to patients while providing benefits for surgeons, such as easier scheduling of cases, increased revenue due to consistent case…

The efficient function of an operating room depends on sterile processing departments (SPDs) to decontaminate, clean, and sterilize medical devices. Yet, SPD staff often do not know the number of trays they are expected to process on any given day,…

While the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program will not tax loan forgiveness federally, several US states, including Indiana, have announced their intentions to tax forgiveness at a state level according to a Sept. 8 report from CNBC.

California currently tops the list of states with the highest number of ASCs, reaching 845. California is also the most populated state in the nation, according to 2022 population data. 

The average annual cost of personal healthcare expenditures by region grew everywhere in the U.S. since 1991, with the Rocky Mountain region seeing the highest annual increase rate on average according to data from the CMS. 

Medscape's 2022 "Employed Physicians Report" surveyed more than 1,350 physicians employed by healthcare organizations, hospitals, large group practices, clinics or other medical groups about their jobs.

Dearborn, Mich.-based physician Tete Oniango, MD, was sentenced to four years in prison after prescribing 12,500 opioid pills to patients without medical reasoning, M Live reported Sept. 15. 

Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, was arrested Sept. 14 on a federal warrant amid an ongoing investigation into whether he tampered with IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas.